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The OC Register has a new publisher according to a story in the paper that was posted online last night around 7:30 PM. Like Freedom CEO Aaron Kushner, new publisher Richard Mirman, has no experience in journalism or publishing. He resides in Las Vegas and his previous experience was in casino marketing with Harrah’s. Is…

I love newspapers. I always have. I get three of them in my driveway every morning. And as outraged as I was when the OC Register let go a bunch of experienced journos with exceptional institutional knowledge of Orange County in January, it appears that between buyout offers and layoffs that the Register is losing…

We’re scratching our heads, again, and it’s Anaheim that’s causing our itch. Yesterday Freedom Communications announced that it has signed a letter of intent with the City of Anaheim for the exclusive rights to solicit the naming rights from a corporate sponsor for the new Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, a.k.a. “ARTIC.”

Aaron Kushner must have a lot of money to throw around. We know that readership of newspapers is a bit down, but setting up a wall so that you can pay people to read your publication online seems to be another one of those indescribably innovative ideas…

Regarding Brandman’s report: “I have no idea how Orange County operates, but if I were presented with this as a public official, I would not be inclined to accept it as it is. Because its something that frankly a high school intern could have done, anyone could have done,” Judy Nadler told Voice of OC.

Crickets from the Register: On Thursday, Voice of OC broke the story about the questionable contract that former Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly granted his protege, Anaheim City Councilman Jordan Brandman, when Brandman left the agency to campaign for his city council seat.

According to sources close to the situation and a story in media pundit Jim Romensko’s blog, the New York Times Company is shopping the Boston Globe and other New England media properties around. The Globe has suffered significant staff cuts over the years and is a shell of the paper it was 15 years ago,…